Mass-Screening Examination of Scoliosis in School Children

In 1977, the investigation of Scoliosis by mass-screening examination was carried out for 8880 school children from 6 to 15 years old in Yatsushiro City.(1) Congenital Scoliosis 1 case Idiopathic Scoliosis 81 case Total Scoliosis 82 case 0.92%(2) Structual Scoliosis 8 case 9.8% Transitional Scoliosis 11 case 13.4% Non-Structual Scoliosis 63 case 76.8%(3) Girls 64.6% Boys 35.4%(4) Thoracic curve 53.7% left type 43.2% right type 56.8%(5) Correlation of height and weight is negative.(6) Most patients with Scoliosis is thin.